… - Yes I will admit I don't have the greatest grammar skills in the world, but I do try and fix as many mistakes as I can. But there is always bound to be a few that I miss. Please be tolerant to the few that I don't get. TY. Also unlike most authors here I write my stories in story book form not script form like so many other people. That means you can combine a few speaking parts together in one paragraph when it's talking about a certain subject.

Kidd – you're supposed to hate Shin. That's the point. Also don't worry he gets what's coming to him in the end, but I'm not going to give away any previews. You're just going to have to keep on reading.

Martrex – The reason why Motoko doesn't lash out is because she is trying to trick Mr. Maehara into going in the wrong direction. She doesn't want to risk blowing her part in the plan by attacking him.

Disclaimer: I do not own Love Hina. Ken Akamatsu and Tokyo Pop do.

WARNING: Contains plenty of bad language and brief nudity. Reader discretion is advised.

ELOPE A DOPE

Chapter 8

The Pursuit: Part 2

Meanwhile in the den Motoko, Su, and Sara are looking at each other with smiles. "Now remember you two. You HAVE to keep quite about this ok." says Motoko with a finger up to her lips. "Don't worry Motoko. We'll remember out parts. We're doing this Shinomu after all." says Su oddly toned down. "Good. Now let's just hope that Kitsune and Naru can follow through with their part of the plan." says Motoko.

Meanwhile Mr. Maehara and Shin are running down the long steps back to the car. Mr. Maehara then notices Haruka sweeping the entryway to her teahouse and stops in front of her. "You know this is all your fault you bitch!" says Mr. Maehara in a lot of anger.

Haruka twinges a bit as a blood vessel begins to pump madly in her temple. "Excuse me?" says Haruka trying with all her might not to smash Mr. Maehara's face into the ground for that remark. "It's your fucking fault! You're the one who is supposed to keep that asshole from doing stupid shit like this! You're his aunt after all. He is your responsibility!" shouts Mr. Maehara angrily.

"Now wait one minute you PRICK! I maybe his aunt, but I have a teahouse to run. I can't keep tabs on him every minute of everyday! I'm not his keeper you know! And besides he's an adult. He can make his own decisions. So just fuck off!" shouts Haruka back.

"Pheeh. You're useless. Screw you, you whore!" says Mr. Maehara with anger as he flips off Haruka. "Come on Shin we don't have time to waist." he adds. They both turn around and start running back down the steps. Haruka by now is clinching her broom with anger. Cracking noises can be heard as the bamboo handle begins to give way under her hardening grip. It takes every last ounce of control she has to keep from taking that broom and bashing Mr. Maehara's head in.

Both men reach the car and almost dive into it. Mr. Maehara throws the car into drive and slams the gas petal to the floor. The car's back tires squeal as it peals out and takes off. Naru and Kitsune then jump out of the bushes and into the street. Kitsune bring her fingers up to her lips and gives a shrill whistle.

"OHEY! TAXIIII!" she shouts as she waves down a taxi. The taxi stops in front of them. Naru and Kitsune toss their suitcases into the taxi and then "toss" themselves into the taxi as well. "Where to l-" "FOLLOW THAT CAR!" shouts Kitsune loudly in the driver's ear as she points to the car speeding away from them interrupting him. "I always wanted to say that." she adds as she smiles at Naru. The taxi also peals out as it tries to catch up with Mr. Maehara's car.

Meanwhile back at the mansion Mr. Hibachi is greeting more guests when suddenly his cell phone goes off. "Excuse me please." he says politely to a female guest. They both bow gracefully and he goes off behind a tree to answers his phone. He takes his cell-phone out of his pocket and answers it.

"Hello." he answers. "Dad. It's Shin. Shinobu's run off!" he hears Shin over the phone. "She's what?" shouts Mr. Hibachi in surprise. He looks back up and sees several people looking at him. He smiles a bit embarrassed at them and most of them go back to talking to other people.

"She's what?" he says a little calmer. "Shinobu's run off to Asahikawa. Listen I don't have much time to explain. Mr. Maehara and I are going to go after her and are headed back to the mansion now. We left Mrs. Maehara back at that dorm in case she comes back. But what I really need you to do is have some of the butlers start packing our suitcases so we can quickly leave for the train station to go after them." explains Shin quickly.

Mr. Hibachi waves Kinichi over and orders him to gather a few of the other butlers and start packing quickly. Kinichi bows and runs off back to the mansion. "Ok done. But what should I tell the guests?" asks Mr. Hibachi. "I don't know. Tell them she's sick or something. I'm sorry I got to go. I need to call reserve a couple of seats in 1st class so we can board the train as soon as we get to the station. Bye." says Shin. "Bye." answers Mr. Hibachi.

Mr. Hibachi turns off his phone and begins to rub his head a little trying to think of a good excuse. After about a minute of thinking he walks over to the priest and tells him that the wedding is going to be postponed and he needs to make the announcement. Mr. Hibachi then walks over to the archway and gets up onto the stool.

"Ladies and Gentlemen! May I have your attention please?" he shouts. All the guests in the area quiet down and give him their attention. "I'm sorry but I have a bit of bad news. I'm sorry but the wedding has been put on hold!" he shouts so everyone can hear him. He hears a few people say "What?" and others begin to talk loudly.

"Now please. Quiet down. It appears that Miss Shinobu, the bride, has come down with a bad case of the stomach flu and had been throwing up all morning. She is too sick to make it. So the wedding has been postponed temporarily. Maybe for only a month or so." explains Mr. Hibachi slightly nervous. He goes on to explain that his business will pay for everyone's ticket that has to fly here, the next time they come for the wedding. Everyone seems to understand and begins leaving.

Meanwhile Mr. Maehara power-slides his car onto the Hibachi's driveway and speeds down it. A few seconds later and speeding taxi slams on its brakes and pulls right next to the driveway. "Wow Mr. Driver! You're good at this pursuit thing!" shouts Kitsune with a giant foxy smile. She just loves these kinds of chases. Either that or she's too drunk again to know better.

Naru, who is white-faced and clutching the door handle for dear life after that wild and speedy pursuit, opens the door. "I'll go be look out." she says with a shaky voice. As the door shuts Kitsune turns back to the driver. "Hey! Has anyone told you you're really cute?" she says flirtingly.

Naru stands by the gate entrance watching the driveway for Mr. Maehara's car from behind the gate pillar so she won't be spotted. It doesn't take long until she sees his car come speeding out from around the front of the mansion and down the driveway. She quickly rushes back to the taxi and gets in. "Ok they're coming!" she announces.

Within a few seconds Mr. Maehara's car comes flying out of the driveway and back onto the street, again not checking for traffic. "Ok Mr. Driver you know what to do!" shouts Kitsune. "Yes ma'am!" shouts the driver back seemingly to love this action too. He throws the taxi into drive and he also peals out after Mr. Maehara's car.

A few minutes later Mr. Maehara's car comes speeding into the train station's parking lot. He whips his car into a parking space and shuts it off. Shin and him grab their hastily packed suitcases and get out of the car. They run into the station and go up to the ticket counter.

"Ah good morning Mr. Hibachi." says the lady behind the counter. "Yes I reserved two tickets for 1st class a few minutes ago for the number six train toAsahikawa. We need them now please." orders Shin. "Let's see. Yes here they are, two tickets. Are you sure you don't want to reserve the Green car for you? It would only take about 15 minutes to hook it up." ask the lady.

"Sorry no. We don't have the time. Now if you would please." says Shin quickly with a bit of irritation in his voice. "Of course." answers the lady. She quickly types on the key pad and two tickets are printed out and she hands them to Shin.

Shin takes the tickets but then pulls something out of his pocket. "By the way have you seen these two?" he asks as he shows the lady a picture of Shinobu and one of Keitaro. The lady takes a moment to look them. "I'm sorry no. My shift just started at 9:00 so I've only been here for 10 minutes." answers the young lady.

"Damn." says Shin. "Come on Shin we've got five minutes before the train leaves so we'd better hurry!" orders Mr. Maehara. Shin nods his head and they both run into the train station. They quickly place their tickets into the turn style and they run through right up to the train and get in.

Moments later a speeding taxi power-slides itself up onto the curb in front of the train station making several pedestrians dive for cover. Naru quickly jumps out of the taxi and starts kissing the ground thankful she's still alive. Kitsune excitingly steps out of the taxi and strolls up to the driver's window.

"So cutie how much do we owe ya?" she asks with a sexy tone. "The ride's on me! I've always dreamt of having one of those 'follow that car' chases. Thanks for making that happen!" answers the driver with a wink.

"Oh. But we can't have our brave, courageous, expert driver go away empty handed now can we?" says Kitsune in an even more sexy voice. "I know!" she blurts out again. She then reaches down and grabs the bottom part of her shirt with both hands and quickly lifts it up to her neck grabbing her bra along the way and flashes her big ripe melons in the driver's face.

The driver's nose instantly erupts like Old Faithful blowing out at least 10 pints of blood in one second. After a few seconds; "KITSUNE WILL YOU STOP EXPOSING YOURSELF AND COME ON! THE TRAIN'S ABOUT TO LEAVE!" orders Naru with an urgent frustrated yell.

"Alright! Alright!" says Kitsune as she pulls her shirt back down. "Thanks for all your help! I hope I get to see you again sometime. See you later cutie!" shouts Kitsune as she blows the driver a kiss, turns and runs into the train station leaving the driver in a state of shock.

The driver watches as the two girls run into the train station still with a shocked look on his face with his nose still bleeding a bit. Suddenly something pops into his head. SNAP! "Damnit! I should have gotten her number." he says to himself. "Oh well." he adds. With that he puts the taxi back into drive and pulls away.

Naru and Kitsune run as fast as they can to the turn buckles and quickly slide their tickets in. After they get through they run as if their lives depended on it right up to the same train and almost have to dive in just as the doors are closing.

"Damn that was close!" pants Kitsune. "Yeah! I expected they would hurry to go after Shinobu but not be this determined!" pants Naru. Naru looks back up for a second and spots something. She then quickly grabs Kitsune's arm and pulls her into some seats beside them. Kitsune looks over and sees Naru's slightly panicked face.

"What is it?" asks Kitsune. Naru pokes her head slightly above the seat in front of her. "Four rows up, right side of the train." she answers. Kitsune also pokes her head up a bit to take a look. There, where Naru said to look, is Mr. Maehara, still looking pissed as hell, and Shin who looks scarily calm.

"Do you think they saw or heard us?" asks Kitsune. "I don't think so. If they had you know Mr. Maehara would be yelling and cussing us out right about now." answers Naru. "Good point." says Kitsune as the train begins to pull away from the station.

A few minutes go by when Naru suddenly remembers something. "Say Kitsune. I've been wondering. Uh…. Where did you get all the money for the tickets and stuff? Especially these 1st class tickets?" asks Naru. Kitsune gets a slightly surprised look on her face. "Uh… You really don't want to know." answers Kitsune.

Naru looks back at Kitsune with a mixed look of surprise, confusion, and disgust. Naru begins to blush a bit but leans back into her seat still trying to comprehend what Kitsune ACTUALLY meant. "Whew. Dodged a bullet there. If I had told her that I actually WORKED hard on writing a few news articles to earn this money she'd never let me hear the end of it." thinks Kitsune to herself.

(o)

It's been four hours since the Maeharas found out about Shinobu's escape. At Hinata Sou the last three remaining residents have just settled down after lunch. Mrs. Maehara, who has been spending the day walking around Hinata Sou for a while to try to blow off some steam, is walking back down the hallway from Shinobu's room when she hears Motoko, Su, and Sara talking to each other from the living room.

"Gezz Motoko! You can fix decent food but you never fix enough of it. I'm still hungry!" complains Sara loudly. "Yeah I wish Shinobu was back already with Keitaro!" shouts Su complainingly. Instinctively Mrs. Maehara quickly presses herself against the wall and silently pears her ear around the corner to listen in on the girls' conversation.

"Oh stop complaining you two. I fix just the right amount of food people of your age and size should healthily eat in one meal." says Motoko. "But Shinobu always fixed enough for at least two servings! We'll starve before she gets back!" complains Su.

"You know you guys depend too much on Shinobu. You both know she has it hard enough with her parents trying to force her to get married without even considering her feelings. She needed this so she could get out of all that. So you guys will just have to toughen up a bit through this ok." explains Motoko.

"Bitch! It's because you freaks have corrupted my sweet Shinobu and we're trying to save her from you. You people have made her so resentful toward us that the only way we can prevent you people from doing more harm is to marry her to a nice young man like Shin! So don't you go saying that we don't care!" shouts Mrs. Maehara selfishly in her head with a very angered look.

Su and Sara lower their heads a little. "Yeah your right." says Sara. "Sorry Motoko. I didn't think of Shinomu's feelings. I'm just glad we were able to throw her parents and Shin off her trail for her to escape successfully. But I still think you should cook more food!" says Su with another big smile.

Mrs. Maehara can't believe her ears. "What the Fuck! They threw us off her trail? Ahhh! Fuck them to hell!" she shouts in her head again. With that Mrs. Maehara runs back to Shinobu's room and throws open the door. "Alright Shinobu! Where the fuck have you gone!" she shouts in her head as she begins to search her room.

Mrs. Maehara begins to tare Shinobu's room apart to try to find any clue of where Shinobu has really gone. She dumps everything out of Shinobu's desk and cloths drawers, empties out her closet, and searches all through her cloths. "Damnit! Nothing!" says Mrs. Maehara with frustration. She then looks over and suddenly sees Shinobu's waste basket with a lone crumpled up paper inside.

She goes over and takes out the paper and un-crumples it. She sees that what ever was written on it was marked out with a pen, but not very well so she can still make out what is written. She then reads what is on the paper.

"Dear Mom and dad. By the time you read this I will be gone. I can't stand being around you and the Hibachis anymore. I have run off with Urishima Sempai to Kyoto to esc-"

The note stops there.

Mrs. Maehara stands there for a second as the information processes through her head. "KYOTO?" she screams in her head. "She's run off with that fucking idiot to Kyoto? Damn you Shinobu! How dare you try to pull a fast one on us! You'll pay for this Shinobu! Oh you'll pay dearly! I'd better call the guys and tell them about this." she says to herself. Mrs. Maehara pulls out her cell-phone from her dress pocket and hits the speed-dial for Mr. Maehara's phone.

"Sorry Shinobu. But your little vacation is going to be cut short!" she adds as she puts the phone up to her ear.

(o)

The train has just left the Morioka station about 5 minutes ago. Kitsune is on Naru's shoulder taking a little nap while Naru is reading a small travel book about Asahikawa to help her get familiar with the city before they arrive. Suddenly someone's cell-phone starts to ring. Naru looks up slightly from her book to see whose it is.

To her surprise it's Mr. Maehara's phone going off. Mr. Maehara reaches into his pocket and takes out his cell-phone. He flips it open, pushes a button on it, and brings it up to his ear. "Hello. Maehara speaking." he answers calmly.

Naru watches cautiously as he listens into his phone. Suddenly; "SHE'S DONE WHAT?" he screams out loud making everyone on the train look right at him and snapping Kitsune out of her nap. Naru's face turns to one of dread.

"KYOTO! SHE'S GONE TO KYOTO?" he shouts into his phone angrily again. At that moment only one thing registers in Naru's head. "…..SU!" Naru snaps back into reality when Mr. Maehara begins to shout again.

"Oh you'd better believe she's even more in a shit load of trouble now!... Yes we're going to go back for her right away even if I have to push this train around myself! ...No you stay there. We'll handle this. Thanks for finding this out. She'll wish she'd never left after we catch up to her!... Bye." With that Mr. Maehara hangs up his cell-phone.

Just as he is putting the phone back into his pocket a scrawny steward approaches him. "Excuse me sir but is there something wrong?" he asks calmly. "Stop this train now! We have to get back to Tokyo NOW!" demands Mr. Maehara loudly. "I'm sorry sir but we can't do that." answers the steward calmly.

Mr. Maehara quickly stands up and grabs the steward by his shirt with both hands and pulls him toward himself. "Listen You! I have no time for your shit! What the fuck do you mean you can't turn us around!" demands Mr. Maehara with a VERY pissed off look.

"I'm-I'm-I'm sorry sir! But this train is on a schedule! We just can't turn this train around just because you want it to. We have dozens of other passengers on this train that need to go this way!" stutters the steward with a panicked look on his face. Mr. Maehara grits his teeth in anger making them squeak as they rub together.

"Then where the hell is the next stop?" demands Mr. Maehara. The next stop is an hour away in Hirosaki. But I'm afraid it won't do you much good either." babbles the steward. "What the fuck do you mean?" asks Mr. Maehara getting more annoyed.

"Well sir. The next train bound for Tokyo isn't scheduled until 9:00 this evening." explains the panicked steward. "WHAT?" shouts Mr. Maehara. "I'm sorry sir but there is nothing I can do about it!" blurts out the steward. Mr. Maehara sighs in anger and tosses the steward back a little and then sits back down with a look of frustration.

Mr. Maehara slams his fist into the arm of his seat with a loud thud. "God damn that little bitch!" she shouts. "Please Mr. Maehara we need to stay calm in a time like this. The last thing we need to happen is for you to be arrested or detained because you tried to hurt someone in your anger. Right now we need to plan out what we're going to do. I'll go ahead and call ahead to reserve the green car in Hirosaki. Meanwhile just calm down a little." explains Shin.

Mr. Maehara takes a deep breath to calm down a little. "You're right Shin. I need to calm down. Thanks for talking some since into me before I did something stupid." says Mr. Maehara. He then looks back up at the steward. "Listen pal. I'm… I'm sorry for losing my temper. I should have never taken it out on you like that. You mind bringing me a small bottle of sake please. Your strongest if you don't mind. I need something to help calm my nerves." says Mr. Maehara.

"Oh course sir. And don't worry about it. I've seen passengers act a lot worse than that." says the steward. He then bows and turns to go get the sake.

Meanwhile Shin is thinking silently to himself. "How dare you Shinobu! How dare you run away from me and then trick us like this! I'm going to have to teach you lesson once where married that NOONE, especially you, ever runs away from me! Once we're married I'll be sure to make it to where you'll NEVER even have the chance to run away ever again!" thinks Shin evilly to himself. He then reaches for his cell-phone to dial the number for the Hirosaki station.

Meanwhile Naru has already grabbed her cell-phone and is quickly dialing a number. "Who you calling?" asks Kitsune. "I'm calling Keitaro to tell him that the plan's been blown. I'm going to tell him to grab Shinobu and get the hell out of Kyoto and go on ahead to Okinawa and elope with her there." explains Naru as she brings her cell-phone up to her ear.

She waits a few seconds until she hears a ringing… then. "We're sorry but the number you have dialing is temporarily out of service. Please hang up and try your call again later. This is a recording" Beep. "Argh! That idiot!" shouts Naru silently.

"What is it?" asks Kitsune. "That idiot! He's forgotten to turn on his cell-phone!" shouts Naru silently again. "What? Didn't you remind him to keep it on before they left?" asks Kitsune. "Ah crap! In all the rush I must have forgot!" says Naru with disbelief.

"Well I'm sure he knows he has to have it on today. He probably has it off for the train ride to save the battery power." says Kitsune. "I sure hope you're right! I'll try him again when we reach Hirosaki station. They should be in Kyoto by then." hopes Naru.

(o)

Keitaro's watch alarm goes off stirring him out of his little cat nap. He quickly turns it off and looks at the time. "15 after one." he says to himself. He looks back down at a still sleeping Shinobu on his lap. She's been sleeping for most of the trip except when they had to switch trains in Nara.

"What a way to spend a birthday. Sleeping!" she chuckles to himself. Suddenly the conductor comes on the train's com. "Ladies and Gentlemen. We are 15 minutes out from Kyoto. Please start to gather your things and make your way back your assigned seats so we can make your disembarking smooth and quick. Thank you." he then cuts off the com.

Keitaro takes a look out the window. He can already see they are going through some of the outlying towns and suburbs of Kyoto and in the distance he can just make out a few of the skyscrapers of Kyoto. "We're almost there Shinobu." he says to himself with a smile.

End of Chapter 8

To be continued in Chapter 9- The Arrival

Author Note. Part's 1 and 2 were actually meant to be one chapter. But it got so long I had to split it into two shorter chapters. Again I'm sorry for the two month delay in getting these chapters up. But college life is getting harder and I'm having to spend more and more of my free time studying and working on my projects. But since the Christmas brake is now here I'll be able to work on my fanfics some more. Also I want to see if this can become my 1st 100+ reviewed story! Tell your friends to read and review also! See you next chapter!

Story Note: We finally get back to Shinobu and Keitaro in Chapter 9! Hurray! Chapter 9 will mostly be about getting around in Kyoto and preparing for the eloping. So nothing too exciting in the next chapter. But I still hope you all will read it. Morioka and Hirosaki are two cities in northern Honshu (The large island of Japan) They are usually the last two trains stops for people before heading over the "Tsugaru-kaikyo", which is the body of water separating Honshu from Hokkaido. Hirosaki being the last one. Also sorry for the large amount of fowl language. But I really needed to convey how pissed off the Maeharas were. Also a "Green car" is like a rentable private jet for trains. Usually rich people are only able to afford them.